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Dr. Christoph Kollatz served as Executive Vice President SAP HANA at SAP AG since June 6, 2011. Dr. Kollatz primary focus was on SAP(R) In-Memory Appliance software (SAP HANA(TM)), a breakthrough innovation from SAP. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Siemens IT Solutions and Services GmbH & Co. OHG since January 2007 until December 10, 2009 and served as its Group President since September 2005. Dr. Kollatz served as Head of Group Executive Management for Siemens ... IT Solutions of Siemens IT Solutions and Services Ltd. until December 2009. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Siemens IT Solutions & Services at Siemens AG. He served as Group President of Siemens IT Solutions and Services Inc. of Siemens AG and Siemens IT Solutions and Services Ltd. until December 2009 and was thus responsible for all its business and also looks after business in North America and in the manufacturing industry, as well as service provision in the outsourcing business. He is Managing Partner of Siemens Business Services Gmbh & Co. Ohg. Dr. Kollatz served as President of Siemens Business Services, Inc. of Siemens Philippines Inc. from September 20, 2005 to January 2007 and was lead player in its turnaround, rigorously driving the refocusing on higher-quality IT services, the close alignment with Siemens AG, and finally the integration of SBS into the new Siemens IT Solutions and Services Group. Dr. Kollatz began his professional career at Siemens in 1989 in internal management consulting. Here, he was involved in a large number of restructuring and realignment projects in a variety of Siemens business fields. In 1995, Dr. Kollatz moved to Siemens Power Generation Group, where he was In Charge of the portfolio strategy and the development of new fossil fuel power concepts before taking over global responsibility for the top+ corporate program at Siemens in 1998. From 2001 to 2002, he was employed at Siemens Business Services, where he was responsible for Central and Southeast Europe and was instrumental in turning around business in the countries belonging to this region. This was followed by a move to Siemens I&S Group, where he headed the global Division Intelligent Traffic Systems and steered it back into profitability. He serves as Chairman of Siemens Business Services Beteiligungs-GmbH. He serves as a Director of Siemens Holdings plc. He studied Industrial Engineering and has a Doctoral degree in Financial Economics/Financial Science.

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